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Re: Normal maps.
Look at the difference between the final and the first image in the tutorial image I posted last page, the difference is clear. One looks baked from a high quality sculpt, the other looks flat and boring, and the differences are notable on the shader too, yes. You do not even have to renormalize unless you want to be… -
Re: Normal maps.
problem is going overboard with the normal map good example is UT3 and gears of war, there so over the top that it is easy to till that it is just a lighting trick if you look close. and i seen some games that have too much depth in a material than there would be in real life, seen games that have wooden trim or doorframes… -
Re: Normal maps.
Normal map tweaking example: The main thing for your topic at hand is to always, when generating diffuse-based normal maps with filters, is to go light, and adjust after. This way you don't have to rely on the hacks that these generators are so much, you can get your base from them, then decide which channels need what.… -
Re: Normal maps.
Yea, exactly, moderation is king there. I see concerns others are having, about it not being easily reproducible. Yea, you wouldn't do this all the time, it's just if you need help on your normals made by filters. If you bake stuff right, it comes out looking like the end result of that tutorial image example usually,… -
Re: Normal maps.
I see where mortalhuman is going with that. I tend to adjust the levels of the red and green channels a sometimes when I use the Nvidia filter. I don't touch the blue though. As Talon said the blue channel gets wiped often. If your importing your normal map into UDK correctly, your blue channel gets wiped, for example. And… -
Re: Normal maps.
I own the pro version of shadermap, it's a really good program for being so on-the-cheap. Next version is in development with a lot of cool features, uses a full 3d interface next version instead of windows etc so u can preview and do all the other stuff right in one dialogue, instead of and extra one to preview. Looking… -
Re: Normal maps.
why are you concerned about unused range. its a map of unit vectors, not a pretty picture. The blue is usually pretty bereft of detail. Id like to see the differences in shading this makes, do you have any nice examples?
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